Book cover of Ada's Realm: Turquoise Background with a Bracelet around the title. Author's name in white, title in black large letters. The cover also contains a quote by author Musa Okwonga:

Ada's Realm

A Novel
By Sharon Dodua Otoo
Translated by Jon Cho-Polizzi

A kaleidoscopic novel spanning generations and continents, that reveals the connections between four women in their struggle for survival.

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WHERE IS ADA? In a small village in West Africa, in what will one day become Ghana, Ada gives birth again, and again the baby does not live. As she grieves the loss of her child, Portuguese traders become the first white men to arrive in the village, an event that will bear terrible repercussions for Ada and her kin.

WHEN IS ADA? Centuries later, Ada will become the mathematical genius Ada Lovelace; Ada, a prisoner forced into prostitution in a Nazi concentration camp; and Ada, a young, pregnant Ghanaian woman with a new British passport who arrives in Berlin in 2019 for a fresh start.

WHO IS ADA? Ada is not one woman, but many, and she is all women - she revolves in orbits, looping from one century and from one place to the next. And so, she experiences the hardship but also the joy of womanhood: she is a victim, she offers resistance, and she fights for her independence.

This long-awaited debut from Sharon Dodua Otoo paints an astonishing picture of femininity, resilience and struggle with deep empathy and humour, with vivid language and infinite imagination.

Awards & Distinctions

Longlist » Dublin Literary Award 2024


 


Details

Hardcover
Published by MacLehose Press
Apr 13, 2023
320 Pages

ISBN ‎ 978-1529419016

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